A new chiropractor in town wants to go beyond just treating pain – she wants to make sure people live longer lives, too.
Dr. Kristin Lander took over this January from Dr. Sue Aery, who ran Aery Chiropractic & Acupuncture at the same location for 18 years until she retired recently. They held a ribbon cutting event Friday afternoon, June 7, to officially commemorate the new business opening.
Lander, a veteran practitioner of 14 years who runs another clinic in Walhalla, SC with her husband, will be cutting down hours there to focus on her new business here in Highlands. She and her husband already came to Highlands frequently before, and she said she’d gotten to love the people as well as local businesses and nature trails.
Now, she’ll be helping people in the area with chiropractic needs and says she looks forward to “investing in the health of the community” with her new practice.
“I will be treating chronic pain and acute injuries,” she said. “I will focus on holistic health and wellness – the reasons why someone has pain. I will really treat pain so it is not something becoming a chronic issue. I have an emphasis on full-body health and wellness.”
Lander said there isn’t much of a learning curve to coming to Highlands, calling it a “really natural transition.”
“[Dr. Aery] and I practice very similarly,” she said. “It was really very easy and natural to start the practice.”
One difference from her Walhalla practice is that the new business comes equipped with technology to do shockwave tissue regeneration therapy, which stimulates stem cells in the body to repair damaged tissues.
“It heals things we didn’t think would ever heal,” she said. “It’s exciting to see how that can change people’s lives.”
In addition, she said the Highlands office will “really grow the wellness side” of her practice and focus not just on pain management, but on helping people live longer lives with more quality.
“I’m going to be really helping people live longer lives, and get more quality out of the years,” she said. “I want to help people maintain independence for longer, through changing their lifestyle or diet, through getting really granular about individual wellness for patients.”
Ultimately Lander said she loves her work because of the opportunity to help people heal.
“I love seeing people who come in miserable, in pain and, in a short time get their lives back,” she said. “I love seeing them get that quality of life. It’s incredibly important to me.”